A Pictorial History of EnglandJ. H. Butler & Company, 1879 - 448 Seiten |
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... length , in the year 43 after the birth of Christ , being 97 years from the first invasion by Cæsar , the Romans determined tc make another attempt to conquer Britain . An army of 50,000 men was collected and sent into the island ...
... length , in the year 43 after the birth of Christ , being 97 years from the first invasion by Cæsar , the Romans determined tc make another attempt to conquer Britain . An army of 50,000 men was collected and sent into the island ...
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... length an occurrence took place , which revived , in some degree , the spirit of the Saxons . A Saxon noble , being besieged in his castle by a renowned Danish general , made a sally upon the enemy , and put them to rout . The Danish ...
... length an occurrence took place , which revived , in some degree , the spirit of the Saxons . A Saxon noble , being besieged in his castle by a renowned Danish general , made a sally upon the enemy , and put them to rout . The Danish ...
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... length the wife and children of Hastings were taken prisoners . Alfred gave them back on condition that all the Danes should leave the country . 7. The remainder of the reign of this truly great king was pros- perous . He lived beloved ...
... length the wife and children of Hastings were taken prisoners . Alfred gave them back on condition that all the Danes should leave the country . 7. The remainder of the reign of this truly great king was pros- perous . He lived beloved ...
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... length made with them . 1. It was now a long time since England had been troubled by incursions of the Danes . This was in part owing to the good state of preparation for defence in which the kingdom had been kept , and in part to the ...
... length made with them . 1. It was now a long time since England had been troubled by incursions of the Danes . This was in part owing to the good state of preparation for defence in which the kingdom had been kept , and in part to the ...
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... length became so violent , that the king banished Godwin , and gave his possessions to Norman favorites . Even the queen , because she was the earl's daughter , was very harshly treated , and it is said that to clear herself from some ...
... length became so violent , that the king banished Godwin , and gave his possessions to Norman favorites . Even the queen , because she was the earl's daughter , was very harshly treated , and it is said that to clear herself from some ...
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Seite 276 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Seite 313 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Seite 320 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Seite 342 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
Seite 12 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 295 - Good Mr. Jowler, we pray you speak to the King (for he hears you every day, and so doth he not us) that it will please his Majesty to go back to London, for else the country will be undone ; all our provision is spent already, and we are not able to entertain him longer.
Seite 287 - King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, "Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country villages you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.
Seite 243 - It was not till the end of this reign that any salads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was used was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders". Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose.
Seite 259 - Guilford, desired permission to see her ; but she refused her consent, and sent him word, that the tenderness of their parting would overcome the fortitude of both, and would too much unbend their minds from that constancy which their approaching end required of them.
Seite 242 - Ho! man: will they not suffer my bill to pass?" And laying his hand on Montague's head, who was then on his knees before him, "Get my bill passed by to-morrow, or else to-morrow this head of yours shall be off.